förvisa — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abandon verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
- deport verb To formally expel a foreign national from a country, usually for breaking immigration or other laws.
- eject verb To force someone to leave a place.
- expatriate adj Describes someone who lives outside their own country.
Senses
förvisa is used for these senses in English:
- abandon (transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.]
- deport (transitive) To evict, especially from a country.
- eject (transitive) To compel (a person or persons) to leave.
- expatriate (transitive) To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.
abandon — full definition
- verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
- verb To give up an activity, plan, or belief completely.
- noun Total freedom from restraint or inhibition, especially in the phrase "with abandon".
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